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• Agatha Jozef Yvonne (Yvonne) Rikhof, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Julianna Elizabeth Penner Bolotov [K UZZObBu], Wichita, Kansas († 2004)
• Marco Johan Jumelet, Harlingen Fr. NL († 1986)
• Eric Schoots, Deil († 2020)
• John Vernon Graf, Alameda, California, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Hendrika Grace Arends, Pahiatua († 1980)
• John van Hoof († 1995)
• Paul Reith, Port-Francqui, Kasai, DR Congo († 1960)
• Heidie Verhaaf, Opheusden († 2023)
• Peter Harry van Noort († 2023)

• Berend Jacob Hemmes (69), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Bertha Dengerink (75)
• Anna Maria van Rijswijk (73), Rhoon, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus van de Griendt (84), Heusden, Nederland
• Altair Ottoni de Carvalho (26), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Antonius Bernardus Petrus Fenger (31), Weert
• Anna Maria van RIJSWIJK (73), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jacob Hemmes (69), Groningen
• Bertha Dengerink (75), Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Meulenbeld (95), Vriezenveen

• 1957 » Dave Stewart, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician († 1998)
• 1957 » Ray Winstone, English actor
• 1958 » Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter
• 1958 » Steve Nieve, English keyboard player and composer
• 1958 » Tommy Cairo, American wrestler
• 1959 » Roger Goodell, American businessman
• 1960 » John Paul Jr., American race car driver
• 1960 » Prince Andrew, Duke of York
• 1961 » Justin Fashanu, English footballer († 1998)

• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Willem
7. Robert
8. Gerrit
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Dirk
14. David
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Yvonne
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Ingrid
12. Margaretha
13. Petronella
14. Linda
15. Karin
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
• November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The average temperature on February 19, 1959 was -0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.